Bastien River

Bastien
Watershed of Nottaway River
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Physical characteristics
Source	Unidentified Lake
• location	Senneterre, La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality (RCM), Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec
• coordinates	48°23′21″N 76°43′22″W / 48.38917°N 76.72278°W / 48.38917; -76.72278
• elevation	452 m (1,483 ft)
Mouth	Mégiscane River, Faillon Lake
• location	Senneterre, La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec
• coordinates	48°21′41″N 76°38′18″W / 48.36139°N 76.63833°W / 48.36139; -76.63833
• elevation	355 m (1,165 ft)
Length	17.2 km (10.7 mi)[1]
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	(upstream) outlet of lake Ubald outlet of lakes Henri and Abel.

The Bastien River is a tributary of the north shore of Faillon Lake which is crossed by the Mégiscane River. The Bastien River flows into the town of Senneterre in La Vallée-de-l'Or Regional County Municipality (RCM), in the administrative region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in Quebec, Canada.

The course of the river successively crosses the townships of Martin, Valets and Faillon.

The Bastien River flows entirely in forest territory, generally towards the South. Forestry is the main economic activity of this hydrographic slope; recreational tourism activities, second. Road R0806 (Penetration Road) cuts from east to west the lower part of the hydrographic slope of the Bastien River; secondary and forest roads also serve the entire hydrographic slope. The surface of the river is usually frozen from mid-December to mid-April.